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Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/16/2017
6:00 pm

Location
Beyond Baroque

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Venice Media District will be collaborating with the Venice Art Crawl, with the theme “Venice.”

The first inaugural Punk Film Festival is being held in partnership with the LA Punk Museum and Beach Dancer Films.

Kickoff is March 16 at 6pm at Beyond Baroque.  Will include rare footage of Venice in the 1970s and LA/Venice filmmakers and artists.  Venice was a hotbed for punk in the 70s and 80s.

“We had a central meeting place, which was Mar Vista park, where we would meet up before shows and down beers. Also this park served as the place were the Suicidal softball & football leagues would play ball. Somedays we could also be seen at Penmar playing golf with the Suicidal golf club or at the bowling alley with the Suicidal bowling team. For me it was more of a band of brothers…”

-Excerpt from “LOCALS ONLY…L.A. PUNK GANGS OF THE 80’S”. http://www.cvltnation.com/l-a-punk-gangs-of-the-80s/  April 10, 2013.

For more info:

http://www.beachdancerfilms.com/la-punk-film-festival/ ‎